C3 | 4+
Winner GBP £6,179 - 4 runners
2m4f19y
Going: Good
Surface: T
Previous course winner IMPERIAL MERLIN (2) disappointed with fences both outings last season. Remains early days in this sphere. He shaped nicely when fifth in a Class Three handicap hurdle at Cartmel during July and has more scope for progress. COQOLINO (3) is a fourteen-start maiden with fences. Must enter calculations following a runner-up effort in a Class Four handicap chase at Hexham. BENSON (1) maintains solid form in higher-graded handicap hurdles and is too well-rated to ignore. AUTUMN RETURN (4) rounds out the quartet.